Vocabulary Cards Part 2
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| Discharge Petition | A device by which any member of the house, after a committee has had a bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor.
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| Multiple Referral | A congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees that consider it simultaneously in whole or in part.
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| Pork-Barrel Legislation | Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hopes of winning their votes in return.
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| Quorum Call | A callinf of the roll in either house of congress to see whether the number of representatives at attendance meet the minimum number required to conduct business.
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| Restrictive Rule | An order from the house rules committee that permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made to a bill on the floor.
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| Voice Vote | A congressional voting procedure used in both houses in which members vote by shouting yea or nay.
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| Rider | A provision attached to a bill.
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| Christmas Tree Bill | A bill that attracts many, often unrelated floor amendments.
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| Franking Privilege | The ability of members of congress to mail letters to their constituents free of charge.
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| Closed Rule | An order from the house rules committee that sets a time limit on debate and forbids from being amended on the floor.
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| Division Vote | A congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted.
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| Double-Tracking | A procedure to keep the senate going during a filibuster.
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| Open Rule | An order from the house rules committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor.
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| Quorum | The minimum number of members required to be attendance for congress to conduct official business.
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| Roll-Call Vote | A congressional procedure that consists of members answering yea or nay when their names are called.
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| Sequential Vote | A congressional process by which a speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting.
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| Teller Vote | A congressional voting procedure in which members between two tellers, first the yeas, then the nays.
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